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Summary: Fanastic bogglers
Review: A few months ago my sister gave me a "Justice" book as a gift. Ever since then I have been of fan of Justice and his creator, John Morgan Wilson. They make my time on the treadmill and bikes at the gym pass very quickly!The story lines are always creative and twisted a bit and keep me on my feet trying to figure out the angles involved. I have a problem when I read mysteries...I can often figure them out and that bothers me cause I like to be challanged! Wilson and Justice completely challange me...and I will keep reading them as long as there are new editions to grab up. One of the things I really like are how the characters are complicated...often some of the persons involved are just regular folks who got caught up in a situation and made a bad choice that went very bad. Also being a Los Angeles native and resident I like how the stories are set in places I have been to or see in my everyday travels. The story lines are usually very hard to stomach sometimes and makes he happy they are pure fiction (god I hope there is little to no truth in them). I sometimes wish that they would be created into movies, but then again there would have to be too many changes to make them marketable and might further advance negative stereotypes of gay men. I have seen the horrible results of another of my favorite mystery characters brought to the screen and don't really want to see that happen again (Fletch series by Greggory McDonald) One of these days I hope to catch a signing and get all of my copies signed by Wilson.
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Summary: Fanastic bogglers
Review: A few months ago my sister gave me a "Justice" book as a gift. Ever since then I have been of fan of Justice and his creator, John Morgan Wilson. They make my time on the treadmill and bikes at the gym pass very quickly! The story lines are always creative and twisted a bit and keep me on my feet trying to figure out the angles involved. I have a problem when I read mysteries...I can often figure them out and that bothers me cause I like to be challanged! Wilson and Justice completely challange me...and I will keep reading them as long as there are new editions to grab up. One of the things I really like are how the characters are complicated...often some of the persons involved are just regular folks who got caught up in a situation and made a bad choice that went very bad. Also being a Los Angeles native and resident I like how the stories are set in places I have been to or see in my everyday travels. The story lines are usually very hard to stomach sometimes and makes he happy they are pure fiction (god I hope there is little to no truth in them). I sometimes wish that they would be created into movies, but then again there would have to be too many changes to make them marketable and might further advance negative stereotypes of gay men. I have seen the horrible results of another of my favorite mystery characters brought to the screen and don't really want to see that happen again (Fletch series by Greggory McDonald) One of these days I hope to catch a signing and get all of my copies signed by Wilson.
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Summary: Differences make interesting reading.
Review: All fictional detectives have problems. Boejamin Justices drinks too much, shuns companionship, has ruined his own life, and is gay and tested HIV positive. Yet all this same, but different, makes the fine writing and interesting characterization easy to take. My only complaint will be solved with time, when old nazis get too old to be villlains. Good read.
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Summary: Exciting, but dark
Review: His Pulitzer Prize winning career ended when his award-winning story proved phony. His health has turned shaky when he learned that he turned HIV-positive. Now as he sinks deeper into the morass of non-living, all Benjamin Justice wants is to be left alone. However, ignoring her calls, not washing, shaving, brushing his teeth, and insulting her fails to deter Charlotte Preston. She wants Benjamin to write a book counter-arguing sleazy celeb-biographer Randall Capri's degrading look at Charlotte's recently deceased father, TV and movie star Rod Preston. Unable to refuse the $25K advance and $25K follow-up, Benjamin accepts the job. He explains to Charlotte for that amount of money she owns full editorial license to change his words to include whatever the hell that she wants to write. However, before Benjamin can begin his inquiries into the lives of Rod and Randall, someone kills Charlotte. Feeling obligated to continue with the assignment, Benjamin expands his investigation to include discovering Charlotte's murderer. THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE is a well-designed Hollywood mystery, but it is also a redemption novel. The story line belongs to Benjamin who in his fourth "Justice" tale uses Charlotte's murder as a rallying cause to regain his own lost humanity. Though one of the major underlying themes is out of an X-rated B horror movie, Edgar winner John Morgan Wilson paints a fresh landscape of Southern California. Anyone who enjoys a private investigation story starring an individual on a personal vendetta to regain his former champion status will find this wondrous novel does that and much more. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: WHEN IS FATE GOING TO QUIT KICKING SAND IN JUSTICE'S FACE?
Review: I actually put off reading this latest visit to the "dark and depraved" world of Benjamin Justice for six months because, frankly, he's a very depressing drunk. So far, I have faithfully followed him through SIMPLE JUSTICE and REVISION OF JUSTICE waiting for an end to his ten-year self-imposed banishment from life to mourn the AIDS death of lover Jacques while attempting to atone for the mistake he made that ruined his career. Finally, I figured things were looking up for Ben in JUSTICE AT RISK. But fate and author John Morgan Wilson had more dastardly things in store for him by the end of that adventure...a forced HIV infection and the paralyzing stoke that put his mentor Harry Brofsky into a nursing home. That brings us to THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE, which I finally picked up and couldn't put down! The book opens with the death of Harry Brofsky, the end of Justice's six-month affair with Cuervo Gold, his continued physical deterioration from HIV and a knock on his door. The person doing the knocking is Charlotte Preston, daughter of the late Hollywood action hunk Rod Preston. Someone has written a sleazy exposé biography of her father, and she wants retaliate by hiring Justice to ghostwrite a smear of the biographer. Justice banks his advance on the project, but before he can begin work on it he discovers Preston's dead body. The coroner says suicide, but Justice knows it was murder! Naturally, his journalistic tendencies force him to continue his investigation...an investigation that will take him from the homes of the Hollywood rich and famous to the squalor of hustler bars in Tijuana. Disproving my initial reservations, the book was actually a very interesting read. However, I must be becoming jaded and depraved in my old age, I surmised all the shocking surprises and "the twisted perversions and crimes almost too horrible to believe" long before author Wilson even got around to describing them. (Okay, so I thought the dismemberment murder was part of the cover-up.) Anyway, things are looking up for Justice again, and I can't wait for fate to step back in and slap him around for the next installment. I enjoyed the book and you should, too!
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Summary: Great mystery book
Review: I have read all of the books in this series, and have enjoyed them all. The plot is exciting and gripping, it keeps you guessing. I would recommend this book as well as all the one's in this series.
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Summary: All out fun!
Review: I read Revision of Justice first, then bought The Limits of Justice and read it. Now I wish I had read these books in order. Yes, I bought the other two (Simple Justice and Justice at Risk). What wonderful books! Benjamin Justice is a great character, especially since he???s so damn human. Not only that, But Wilson knows how to write a novel that is compelling and can stand on its own. You do not have to read all the books in order, he makes it easy to read them in any order you want. However, let it be noted, that if you read Limits of Justice first some of the ongoing drama will be spoiled - - as I found out the hard way. Because of the subject matter, Limits of Justice is hard to read at times, but is so compelling that you have no choice but turn the page. I loved it to the end. Any mystery fan, gay or straight. Would enjoy any of the Justice mysteries. I have already turned one friend on to them. I???m in the middle of Simple Justice and enjoying it! They are just so damn good! Read them in order if you can; or at least read Limits of Justice last.
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Summary: All out fun!
Review: I read Revision of Justice first, then bought The Limits of Justice and read it. Now I wish I had read these books in order. Yes, I bought the other two (Simple Justice and Justice at Risk). What wonderful books! Benjamin Justice is a great character, especially since he's so damn human. Not only that, But Wilson knows how to write a novel that is compelling and can stand on its own. You do not have to read all the books in order, he makes it easy to read them in any order you want. However, let it be noted, that if you read Limits of Justice first some of the ongoing drama will be spoiled - - as I found out the hard way. Because of the subject matter, Limits of Justice is hard to read at times, but is so compelling that you have no choice but turn the page. I loved it to the end. Any mystery fan, gay or straight. Would enjoy any of the Justice mysteries. I have already turned one friend on to them. I'm in the middle of Simple Justice and enjoying it! They are just so damn good! Read them in order if you can; or at least read Limits of Justice last.
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Summary: Gritty, dark, with a silver lining
Review: I've been fortunate to have read the Benjamin Justice mysteries in sequence. When this popped into a search list I did on the author, I reserved a copy immediately. The style itself is an equal match to the other three in the series. Wilson has maintained a steady, even narrative throughout the series. What I found the most enjoyable was Benjamin's attempt to redeem himself and his condition. He was well on his way to rebuilding his life in 'Justice at Risk', but met with some setbacks. Having hit bottom, again, he must decide to go with the flow or to fight the current. One minor annoyance: The way the mystery was wrapped up suddenly. It made the whole investigation seem a side-issue. But even with that point made, I have to heartily suggest this book to anyone who has enjoyed the 'Justice' series. It is a must-read.
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Summary: Justice Bogged Down!
Review: If I hadn't read two previous John Morgan Wilson mysteries, I would like this one a lot more. Although I continue to like immensely Mr. Wilson's novels, THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE is my least favorite so far and suffers when compared to the other two, SIMPLE JUSTICE and JUSTICE AT RISK. My criticisms are two: first, the main character Benjamin Justice should get on with living. I understand that his life has not been easy. We learned three stories ago that he murdered his own father when he caught him raping his own daughter and Benjamin's sister. I won't give away the plot of this novel, but nobody has sympathy for a whiner forever. Secondly, Mr. Wilson gets a little carried away with both plot and subject matter here. He covers AIDS, incest, pederasty, the cult of man-boy love, castration, alcoholism and sleazy biographers. There are a couple of what I call Steve McQueen car chases as well as other near-death adventures for Mr. Justice. This is not to say there aren't touching scenes here. Rod Preston's ex-wife's remembrance of the difficulty of being gay in the 50's is quite moving as well as Justice's landlord Maurice's repeated attempts to get him out of his depression. In addition to Justice's landlords, his PNB (potential new boy friend) Oree returns in this novel as well as Templeton, Justice's reporter friend, who now has landed a job with the LA Times. (This time she is the one reading the latest Walter Mosley mystery as Wilson continues his tribute to Mosley.) This book may be better than I think or I may have read it at a bad time. I'm betting that I'll like the next one "Blind Eye" better.
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